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    Home Lifestyles

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    Tried and true blooms
    Lifestyles
    Tried and true blooms
    By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
    Jun 13, 2025
    New gardeners often ask about easy perennials for their new gardens. My favorite easy perennial is the daylily. It has almost no pest problems, dies b...
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    Man can’t brush off friend’s silence about treatment
    Lifestyles
    Man can’t brush off friend’s silence about treatment
    Jun 13, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I found out that, behind my back, my best friend has been (secretly) growing hair for the past year. He knows I have been balding for many ...
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    Local students named to dean’s list at Pitt-Bradford
    Lifestyles, Local News, News
    Local students named to dean’s list at Pitt-Bradford
    Jun 12, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has named more than 300 students to its spring 2025 dean’s list. Dean’s list status is awarded to students wh...
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    Storing paint in mason jars
    Lifestyles
    Storing paint in mason jars
    Jun 12, 2025
    Dear Heloise: My suggestion is about paint storage. Please do not store leftover paint (both oil-based and latex) in the original can unless you'll be...
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    Mother gets an earful for baking the ‘wrong’ cake
    Lifestyles
    Mother gets an earful for baking the ‘wrong’ cake
    Jun 12, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My 40-year-old daughter is on weight-loss injections and a no-sugar diet. I offered to bake her a sugar-free cheesecake, and she agreed, bu...
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    Seeing the small print
    Lifestyles
    Seeing the small print
    Jun 11, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I have a hard time reading or even finding the expiration dates on many food products. On yogurt containers, the date does not consisten...
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    Colleague’s callous mockery strikes a nerve for parent
    Lifestyles
    Colleague’s callous mockery strikes a nerve for parent
    Jun 11, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, I found out my adult child is transgender. Nobody knows yet except for me, my husband and my other child. Until this year...
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    Proud grandmother is worried by what she’s seeing
    Lifestyles
    Proud grandmother is worried by what she’s seeing
    Sara Furlong 
    Jun 10, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I'm blessed at 38 to have my first and likely only grandbaby. She's PERFECT. My daughter, "Robin," is stressed. She's left alone with the b...
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    Everyone should learn to swim
    Lifestyles
    Everyone should learn to swim
    Jun 09, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I have been reading letters in your column about the importance of children learning how to swim. I am 82 now, but back in the 1950s, my...
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    Widower being told to take his time after wife’s passing
    Lifestyles
    Widower being told to take his time after wife’s passing
    Jun 09, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I lost my wife of 20 years four months ago after a prolonged illness. I retired at 62 and became her primary caretaker. The job of caretake...
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    Check out these spray-paint tips
    Lifestyles
    Check out these spray-paint tips
    Jun 07, 2025
    Dear Heloise: May I share some spray-painting tips? We love to rejuvenate our yard seesaws with spray paint as rust and fading from the sun does happe...
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    Sister’s behavior has prolonged a difficult period
    Lifestyles
    Sister’s behavior has prolonged a difficult period
    Jun 07, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My father died by suicide three years ago. My sister, who was initially supportive, later drunk-dialed our mother and said a bunch of nasty...
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    Need for healthy changes collides with family’s habits
    Lifestyles
    Need for healthy changes collides with family’s habits
    Jun 06, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I am struggling with a recent diagnosis of severe liver disease (non-alcoholic) and need to lose 30 pounds. I have had two bouts of cancer ...
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    Avoiding greasy pizza
    Lifestyles
    Avoiding greasy pizza
    Jun 06, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I love a great pizza, but sometimes it gets delivered with one hang-up. The crust is not firm enough to pick up the pizza without foldin...
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    Dad’s coaching style leaves a lot to be desired
    Lifestyles
    Dad’s coaching style leaves a lot to be desired
    Jun 05, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My son is a loving husband, father and son. He coaches his 12-year-old son, my grandson, in various sports and sometimes is just a spectato...
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    Couple suffering amid tragic loss of grandchild
    Lifestyles
    Couple suffering amid tragic loss of grandchild
    Jun 04, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: We recently suffered the loss of our first grandchild. She was only 24 and taken far too soon. My partner and I are working through our gri...
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    When storing luggage or coolers
    Lifestyles
    When storing luggage or coolers
    Jun 04, 2025
    Dear Heloise: When storing luggage, coolers and other items, always make sure that all compartments are zipped or snapped closed. I took a cooler off ...
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    Wool dryer balls solve laundry issue
    Lifestyles
    Wool dryer balls solve laundry issue
    Jun 03, 2025
    Dear Heloise: Dryer sheets are not biodegradable, so they're here forever. I stopped using them altogether in favor of wool dryer balls. It's a one-ti...
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    Marriage hasn’t been the same for over a decade
    Lifestyles
    Marriage hasn’t been the same for over a decade
    Jun 03, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 22 years. It was a normal relationship, and I was very happy. However, over the last 12 years, my wife has changed....
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    Another day with Duke
    Lifestyles, Local News, Outdoors
    Another day with Duke
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    May 31, 2025
    Last week, I had to put down my dog, Duke, after 12 amazing years. It was probably the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever had to do. It was 12 years a...
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    Pirates beat Cubs on 10th-inning sacrifice fly from Kiner-Falefa
    Local Sports, Sports, Sports
    Pirates beat Cubs on 10th-inning sacrifice fly from Kiner-Falefa
    Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    June 13, 2025
    CHICAGO (TNS) — Shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa did the little things. It was enough for a vuctory. The Pirates beat the Cubs, 2-1 in 10 innings, on Frid...
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    Bradford Township VFD puts station up for sale
    Local News
    Bradford Township VFD puts station up for sale
    June 13, 2025
    Gone are the days of overflow lots for parking on bingo night for volunteer fire departments. On Friday, Bradford Township VFD announced the decision ...
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    Balancing property rights, community concerns
    Local News
    Balancing property rights, community concerns   
    Balancing property rights, community concerns
    Liberty Township keeps restrictive ordinance  
    By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    June 13, 2025
    In August 2024, Keating Township supervisors Dave McClain, John Anderson and Ryan Herzog adopted a protective ordinance that attempted to balance prop...
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    Another minimum wage bill passes the House
    Business, Local News, PA State News
    Another minimum wage bill passes the House
    By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    June 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would move the needle on the state’s minimum wage after 15 years of fighting for increases. The...
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    Protect the pooch
    Local News
    Protect the pooch
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 13, 2025
    OLEAN, N.Y. — Those of us with furry loved ones know that they are more than a pet; they are an important member of the family. With the warm summer m...
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    Smethport Rotary places Peace Pole
    Local News, Nation & World
    Smethport Rotary places Peace Pole
    June 13, 2025
    SMETHPORT — In a world too often divided by conflict and misunderstanding, a quiet but powerful symbol of hope now stands in Smethport. Sponsored by t...
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